> From: Markku Savela [mailto:msa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > From: "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <pbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > The other side of the coin is the fact that many devices will > > effectively require no more than a /128 because of the way they > > connect up to the network. For example cell phones will be > serviced on > > plans where the subscription fee is per device. Verizon, T-mobile, > > cingular need no more than one /64 each to service those networks. > > Uhh... > > - I thought they actually do (should) give /64 per phone, so that > standar IPv6 address configuration works (you get IPv6 link local > and global addresses from RA). > > - phone can use more that one address if you use the phone connection > to link your local network to the global internet without NAT, > (needs some "nasty" ND-proxy hacks though..) > > All Symbian phones have full IPv4/IPv6 dual stack on them already. My point was that even if we do run out of /64s at some point the last few remaining /64s can be made to go one heck of a long way. Even if we do eventually exhaust the address space we can fix up the problems easily enough at the internetwork level.
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